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FC Midtjylland
icInjury
Injured (Oct 28)Expected return: Doubtful
7
Shirt
20 years
Jun 28, 2004
Left
Preferred foot
Guinea-Bissau
Country
€8M
Market value
Position
Primary
Striker
ST

Player traits

Stats compared to other forwards
Touches53%Shot attempts64%Goals74%
Chances created71%Aerial duels won9%Defensive actions7%

Superligaen 2024/2025

5
Goals
2
Assists
10
Started
13
Matches
818
Minutes played
7.06
Rating
3
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Oct 27

AGF
2-0
1
1
0
1
0
-

Oct 24

Union St.Gilloise
1-0
26
0
0
0
0
6.5

Oct 20

Sønderjyske
3-2
61
0
0
0
0
6.4

Oct 15

Mali
0-0
13
0
0
0
0
6.4

Oct 11

Mali
1-0
0
0
0
0
0
-

Oct 6

Brøndby IF
2-0
90
0
0
1
0
6.1

Oct 3

Maccabi Tel Aviv
0-2
83
1
0
0
0
7.9

Sep 29

Viborg
3-1
90
1
1
0
0
8.6

Sep 25

Hoffenheim
1-1
63
0
0
0
0
6.6

Sep 22

Randers FC
2-2
58
1
0
0
0
7.5
FC Midtjylland

Oct 27

Superligaen
AGF
2-0
1’
-

Oct 24

Europa League
Union St.Gilloise
1-0
26’
6.5

Oct 20

Superligaen
Sønderjyske
3-2
61’
6.4
Guinea-Bissau

Oct 15

Africa Cup of Nations Qualification Grp. I
Mali
0-0
13’
6.4

Oct 11

Africa Cup of Nations Qualification Grp. I
Mali
1-0
Bench
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 41%
  • 32Shots
  • 5Goals
  • 4.03xG
2 - 0
Shot typeLeft footSituationThrow in set pieceResultGoal
0.46xG0.87xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 818

Shooting

Goals
5
Expected goals (xG)
4.03
xG on target (xGOT)
4.33
Non-penalty xG
4.03
Shots
32
Shots on target
13

Passing

Assists
2
Expected assists (xA)
1.79
Successful passes
124
Pass accuracy
72.5%
Accurate long balls
7
Long ball accuracy
77.8%
Chances created
9
Successful crosses
2
Cross accuracy
28.6%

Possession

Successful dribbles
16
Dribble success
43.2%
Touches
332
Touches in opposition box
64
Dispossessed
11
Fouls won
2

Defending

Tackles won
5
Tackles won %
50.0%
Duels won
35
Duels won %
37.6%
Aerial duels won
7
Aerial duels won %
26.9%
Interceptions
2
Blocked
6
Fouls committed
4
Recoveries
24
Possession won final 3rd
6
Dribbled past
3

Discipline

Yellow cards
3
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other forwards
Touches53%Shot attempts64%Goals74%
Chances created71%Aerial duels won9%Defensive actions7%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

FC Midtjylland (Free transfer)Jul 2023 - now
55
27
Benfica BMar 2022 - Aug 2022

Youth career

Benfica U19Jul 2021 - Jun 2023
8
2

National team

Guinea-BissauAug 2023 - Nov 2024
11
1
  • Matches
  • Goals
Trophies

FC Midtjylland

Denmark
1
Superligaen(23/24)

Benfica U19

Portugal
1
Júniores U19(21/22)
1
UEFA Youth League(21/22)
1
U20 Intercontinental Cup(2022)